We see in the birth of Jesus God's provision for our peace, a peace that surpasses all understanding, a peace that guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). The Christian ...

Our selection from Hebrews sums up Jesus' kingship with the opening line: "Jesus Christ is the faithful witness." Jesus, the son of man, offers incredulous human beings a faithful reflection of ...

Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of delight and glee than the meaning of the birth of the ... become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.

This is the time of year when we hear the Christmas story of Jesus’ birth in the town of Bethlehem. We know how long ago it has been since his birth because our calendars count the years since 0 ...

To the Sacred Heart of our Lord, Jesus Christ, I give myself and I consecrate my person and my life, my actions, pains, and sufferings so that I may be unwill­ing to make use of any part of my ...

But the Church in the East is happy to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ on this day, which we in the West call the Feast of the Epiphany. At Christmas, our attention is focussed on the ...

Brothers and sisters in Christ, forty days ago we celebrated the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now we recall the day on which he was presented in the Temple, when he was offered to the Father and ...

then this could date Jesus' birth to the Spring of 7 BC. Since the eighth-century, historians have divided time into Anno Domini (AD), meaning 'year of our Lord', and Before Christ (BC).

“This gesture connects the birth ... Lord, God and man. He is the Anointed One, because Messiah means “anointed” in Aramaic. The corresponding word in Greek was Christos, Christ. So Jesus ...

Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus’ birth at all. The Gospels’ different views might be hard to ...